Lead OSINT & Data Analyst

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Roles & Responsibilities

The Intelligence Mission Enablement Department is seeking a Lead OSINT & Data Analyst to support the identification, research, integration, and assessment of open-source data for a classified sponsor system. The analyst will evaluate Commercially Available Information (CAI), Publicly Available Information (PAI), and Non-Traditional Data (NTD), applying structured analytic techniques and data-driven methods to generate defensible insights. The role is embedded full-time at the sponsor site in Bethesda, MD and requires close collaboration with sponsor stakeholders, technical teams, and mission analysts.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of relevant CAI, PAI, and NTD sources based on mission needs, provenance, quality, and utility.
• Conduct research and analysis of structured and unstructured open-source information, documenting methods, assumptions, confidence, and limitations.
• Apply entity resolution, graph analytics, and link analysis to identify relationships, patterns, and potential data inconsistencies.
• Translate sponsor mission questions into actionable analytic approaches, data requirements, and clear findings.
• Assess source reliability, data suitability, and analytic risks, including gaps, bias, duplication, and uncertainty.
• Brief sponsor stakeholders, communicate complex analytic findings, and provide day-to-day technical leadership to multidisciplinary partners.
• Collaborate with engineering and system teams to inform data integration, analytic workflows, and user-facing capabilities within a classified environment.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Experience evaluating Commercially Available Information (CAI), Publicly Available Information (PAI), or Non-Traditional Data (NTD) for mission applications.
• Experience conducting open-source research, intelligence analysis, or data analysis using complex, multi-source datasets.

• Ability to evaluate data quality, provenance, and analytic limitations, and clearly communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI with polygraph. U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with entity resolution, graph databases, link analysis, network analysis, or knowledge graphs.
• Experience with SQL, Python, geospatial analysis, data visualization, or analysis of structured and unstructured data.
• Experience leading sponsor-facing analytic efforts, collaborating with system developers, and operating in classified mission environments.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

Salary compensation range and midpoint

$147,200 - $184,000 - $220,800 Annual

Work Location Type

Onsite

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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